After graduating in 1987 from the Catholic University of
Leuven and following an additional period of study in Germany, Tom Peeters
began his career at the Bar of Brussels in 1988. Tom worked as a trainee lawyer
at De Bandt Van Hecke & Lage, which is now called Linklaters. In 1990, he
joined the Bar of Antwerp and completed his internship at GSJ advocaten. Tom
has been a partner with GSJ since 1993. A year later he was also admitted as a
Rechtsanwalt (lawyer) to the Bar of Düsseldorf.
Date of birth
4 October 1964
Lawyer since
1988
At gsj since
1990
Team
- Social and labour law, civil service law and education law
Studies
- 1987: Law degree, KUL
- 1988: Juristenprogramm des deutschen akademischen Austauschdienstes
- 1994: Eignungsprüfung for admission as Rechtsanwalt to the Düsseldorf Bar
Languages
Dutch, French, English and German
Preferred subjects
Social law, Civil service law, para-languages and education, Commercial law
Selection of publications
- Gesellschaftsrecht in Belgien, Eine Einführung mit vergleichenden Tabellen, Verlagsgruppe Jehle-Rehm, München, 1993
- “De schijn van ondergeschiktheid en zelfstandigheid”, in Zoeken naar Recht, H. SEBREGHTS (ed.), Die Keure, Brugge, 2002, 167-192
- Het juridisch statuut van zelfstandige medewerkers in het architectenbureel, pocketuitgave NAV, 2008 en heruitgave 2011
- “Samenwerken op zelfstandige basis : waarmee moet u rekening houden ?“, in Dimension, vaktijdschrift voor architecten & consultancy, jaargang 7 jan-feb-maa 2013, nr. 27, p.36-40
- “Belgien : Änderungen des Erbrechts und der Nachlassabwicklung”, in Zeitschrift für Erbrecht und Vermögensnachfolge (ZEV), 2013, 3, p.132-133
- „Belgien : Erbrechtliche Folgen einer erfolgreichen Vaterschaftsanfechtnung“, in Zeitschrift für Erbrecht und Vermögensnachfolge (ZEV), 2013, 10
- „Meerdere aannemers op een werf : verantwoordelijkheden en aansprakelijkheid voor personeel van andere werkgevers, in Tussen algemeen belang en toegewijde zorg, liber amicorum Hugo Sebreghts, B. GOOSSENS, Y. LOIX en F. SEBREGHTS (ed.), Intersentia, Antwerpen, 2014, p. 275-294
Memberships
- 2002-2004: Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the Flemish Conference at the Antwerp Bar
- 2005-2009: Member of the Council of the Antwerp Bar Association
- Since 2010: Antwerp representative in the General Assembly of the Order of Flemish Bars
- Board member and member Belgian-German Lawyer Association
- Member of the Labour Law Association
- 2007-2012: Member of the Advisory Board of the Municipal Academy SAMWD Sint-Niklaas
- 2015: Nominated as a member of the Disciplinary Board
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